Adobe Photoshop 7 Style Layer Effects: Series #3

Even more Photoshop Style Layers to produce effects quickly
By Don Lee

In series 3 of my Adobe Photoshop 7 Style Layer tutorials, I have created another 3 effects that you can implement into your Style Layers palette to give your designs or text elements a new look quick and easy.

Style effect #1: In the first example, the purplish, almost psychedelic design works well on text and even some objects where you want a little emphasis on the center portion. With the Gradient Overlay>Scale blending option set to 118%, you can increase the Scale setting to a higher number if you wish to enlarge the gradient area or vice versa.

Style effect #2: This example shows a Gradient Overlay>Style>Reflected used for the yellow/orange color across the center, Drop Shadow, Inner Shadow, Inner Glow, Outer Glow, Bevel/Emboss>Contour, Gradient Overlay and Stroke to come up with the rest of the style. The Inner Shadow was used to create the inner fuzziness on each character. This style works very well when applied to some shapes using the Custom Shape Tool.

Style effect #3: Okay, this design is dark and spirited. This one just kinda came to me in a flash. Not really sure what I was thinking. Simply, it just looks cool.